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UC ANR to hire 48 more UC Cooperative Extension advisors

From Del Norte, Siskiyou, and Modoc counties south through San Diego and Imperial counties, Californians will be seeing more University of California Cooperative Extension advisors in their communities.

University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources has released 48 more UCCE Advisor positions for recruitment over the next 12 months thanks to increased 2021-22 state funding. This brings the total to 89 new UCCE Advisor positions since July 2021 when Gov. Newsom and the state Legislature provided a historic budget boost for UC ANR. During the last six months of 2021, UC ANR released 41 other UCCE positions that have been filled or are under recruitment. The full list of UCCE positions is posted online at https://bit.ly/CEpositions2021-22. 

Additional UC Cooperative Extension Specialist positions will be announced for recruitment in early April 2022.

“We appreciate the people across the state who worked with UCANR to develop the UC Cooperative Extension advisor position proposals,” said Glenda Humiston, University of California vice president for agriculture and natural resources. “Input from community members and partnering agencies and organizations was critical to informing the prioritization of these UCCE positions. Now we hope our supporters will help us recruit the best scientists to work with California's communities.”

The new UCCE advisors will be providing research-based information to residents about nutrition, community development, crop production, forestry, pest management, water management, youth development, landscape management and wildfire.

In addition to traditional issues, some of the new UCCE advisors will be focusing on climate adaptation for Indigenous farmers, cultural burning and Indigenous land stewardship, repurposing green waste, and community development with Californians who are Black, Indigenous or speak English as a second language. 

The following UCCE Advisor positions will be staged for recruitment to avoid overwhelming UC ANR's Human Resources colleagues:

• 4-H Community Engagement & Development Youth Area Advisor for Tulare, Fresno and Kings counties
• 4-H Animal Science Youth Advisor for San Benito, Monterey and Santa Cruz counties
• 4-H Youth Development Area Advisor for San Diego and Orange counties
• Agronomy and Weed Management Area Advisor for Merced County
• Agronomy and Weed Science Area Advisor for Tehama, Glenn and Shasta counties
• Climate Resilient Indigenous Farming and Food Sovereignty Area Advisor for San Diego and Riverside counties
• Community Development BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and other people of color) Advisor for Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and San Francisco counties
• Community Health and Nutrition Advisor for San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Merced counties
• Community Health and Nutrition Advisor for Shasta, Trinity and Tehama counties
• Community Health, Nutrition and Food Security Area Advisor for Butte, Glenn, Colusa, Sutter and Yuba counties
• Community Health, Nutrition and Food Systems Area Advisor for Siskiyou, Modoc and Lassen counties
• Community Health and Nutrition Older Adult Area Advisor for Marin, Napa and Sonoma counties
• Cultural Burning and Indigenous Land Stewardship Advisor for Mendocino and Lake counties
• Dairy Area Advisor for Tulare and Kern counties
• Entomology Area Advisor for Ventura and Los Angeles counties
• Environmental Horticulture Area Advisor for Fresno, Madera, Tulare and Kings counties
• Environmental Horticulture and Forestry Area Advisor for Placer and Nevada counties
• Environmental Horticulture and Water Resource Management Area Advisor for Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Clara and San Francisco counties
• Food Safety and Organic Production Area Advisor for Imperial and Riverside counties
• Forestry Area Advisor for Santa Cruz, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties
• Forestry Area Advisor for Shasta, Trinity and Siskiyou counties
• Fruit and Almond Area Advisor for Fresno and Tulare counties
• Horticulture and Specialty Crops Advisor for Humboldt and Del Norte counties
• Indigenous Disaster Resilience Planning and Policy Area Advisor for Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne and El Dorado counties
• IPM (Integrated Pest Management) Area Advisor for Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne and El Dorado counties
• IPM Entomology Area Advisor based at Kearney Research and Extension Center
• IPM Entomology Farm Area Advisor for Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties
• Intermountain Irrigated Grass Systems Area Advisor for Modoc, Shasta and Lassen counties
• Irrigation and Soils Area Advisor for Stanislaus, San Joaquin and Merced counties
• Livestock and Natural Resources Area Advisor for Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne and El Dorado counties
• Orchard Systems and Weed Ecology Area Advisor for Glenn, Tehama and Colusa counties
• Organic Materials Management Area Advisor for Orange, Los Angeles and San Diego counties
• Organic Materials Management and Agri-Food System Area Advisor for Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and San Francisco counties
• Pathology Area Advisor for Imperial, Riverside and San Diego counties
• Production Horticulture Area Advisor for Ventura and Santa Barbara counties
• Restoration Ecology and Weed Science Area Advisor for Kern, Tulare and Kings counties
• Rice Farming Systems Area Advisor for Colusa and Yolo counties
• Sustainable Agriculture Systems Area Advisor for Mariposa, Merced and Stanislaus counties
• Sustainable Orchard Systems Area Advisor for Sutter, Yuba, Butte and Placer counties
• Urban Agriculture Food Systems and Environmental Issues Advisor for San Diego and Orange counties
• Urban IPM Area Advisor for Sacramento, Solano and Yolo counties 
• Urban Watershed Resilience Area Advisor for Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties
• Vegetable Crops Area Advisor for Sacramento, Solano and Yolo counties 
• Water and Soil Resources Area Advisor for Sonoma, Marin, Napa and Mendocino counties
• Water Management Area Advisor for Tulare, Fresno, Kings and Madera counties
• Water Quality-Quantity-Climate Change Area Advisor for Mendocino and Lake counties
• Weed Ecology and Management Area Advisor for Fresno, Tulare and Kings counties
• Youth, Families and Communities Area Advisor for Kern, Inyo and Mono counties

 

Eight UCCE advisor positions released for recruitment by UC ANR

Eight more UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) advisor positions have been released for recruitment by Glenda Humiston, University of California vice president for agriculture and natural resources. 

The UCCE job titles are followed by the counties they will serve: 

• Central Sierra local food systems advisor; Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne and El Dorado counties
• Vertebrate pest management advisor; Napa, Lake and Solano counties
• Specialty crops advisor; Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties
• Viticulture advisor; San Joaquin, Sacramento and Stanislaus counties
• Integrated pest management advisor; San Diego County
• 4-H youth development advisor; Placer and Nevada counties
• Environmental Horticulture Advisor; Los Angeles County
• Fire Advisor; San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Monterey counties

Including those listed above, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources has released 28 UCCE positions for recruitment over the past three months and Humiston plans to announce additional UCCE positions in November. The recruitments are being released in stages to avoid overwhelming the Human Resources team.

“This hiring is made possible by the state's historic investment in UC ANR's mission to bring the power of UC to all 58 California counties and improve the lives of all Californian,” said Humiston.

In 2022, Humiston plans to hire 70 more UCCE specialists and advisors to help Californians better address issues including climate change, wildfires, food security and pest management.

 

UC ANR recruits 10 more UCCE academics, more job openings to come

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources is releasing 10 more UC Cooperative Extension academic positions for recruitment. 

“These positions are made possible by the historic 2021-22 state budget increase Governor Newsom approved in July,” said Glenda Humiston, UC vice president for agriculture and natural resources. “We are grateful that the governor and so many California legislators recognize the benefits of reinvesting in UC ANR research and extension to address critical needs across our state.”

The newly released positions include:

• Orchard Systems Area Advisor, Tehama County
• Nut Crops Advisor, Merced County
• Invasive Weed & Restoration Ecology Specialist, UC Davis
• Water Justice Policy and Planning Specialist, UC Berkeley
• Nutrition, Family, and Consumer Science Advisor, Central Sierra Multicounty Partnership
• Nutrition, Family, and Consumer Sciences Advisor, Tulare County supporting the lower San Joaquin Valley region
• Fire Advisor, Mariposa County
• Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Capitol Corridor Multicounty Partnership, serving the Sacramento Valley region
• Agricultural Engineer Advisor, Intermountain Research and Extension Center
• Integrated Pest Management Area Advisor, Butte County

The locations listed after the titles are where the individuals will be headquartered; UCCE Advisor positions serve multiple counties.

In May 2021, UC ANR Program Council identified 15 UCCE Advisor and five UCCE Specialist positions as critically urgent to fill from a list of the remaining positions from the 2018 position call process (updated in 2019) and more recent personnel departures and priorities. To avoid overwhelming UC ANR's Human Resources staff, 10 positions were released in July and this second set of 10 is being released now.

“We look forward to releasing additional positions for recruitment – both academic and program support members – throughout the next several months,” Humiston said. 

Humiston encourages everyone to share the announcement with their social networks to “help us find and recruit outstanding candidates.”

To see a list of UC ANR job openings, visit https://ucanr.edu/About/Jobs

UC ANR releases 10 UC Cooperative Extension positions for recruitment

After three years of limited hiring due to budget constraints, the University of California's Agriculture and Natural Resources has announced it will release 10 UC Cooperative Extension positions for recruitment.

UC ANR is home to the county-based UC Cooperative Extension, Integrated Pest Management, Master Gardener and 4-H Youth Development and other programs.

The new UC Cooperative Extension positions include:

• Plant Pathology Area Advisor, Santa Cruz County
• Soils and Irrigation Advisor, Kern County
• Urban Agriculture/Small Farms Area Advisor, San Bernardino County
• Community Nutrition & Innovative Technologies Specialist, UC Davis
• Forest and Fuels Management Specialist, UC Berkeley
• Subtropical Crops Pathology Specialist, UC Riverside
• Diversified Agricultural Systems Area Advisor, Lake County
• Forestry and Natural Resources Area Advisor, Sutter-Yuba counties
• 4-H Youth Development Advisor, San Mateo-San Francisco counties
• Integrated Vineyard Systems Area Advisor, Hopland Research and Extension Center

The county listed beside the advisor title is where the office for the employee will be located. All of the UC Cooperative Extension Advisor positions will serve multiple counties.

Last week, the state restored UC ANR's budget to pre-COVID levels of FY 2019-20 and provided a 5% increase plus an additional $32 million in ongoing funding, bringing total state support to $107.9 million for the division. Over the past 20 years, UC ANR had seen its budget decrease by almost 50% when adjusted for inflation.

“This budget increase is transformational,” said Glenda Humiston, UC vice president for agriculture and natural resources. “It will allow us to rebuild UC Cooperative Extension's boots-on-the-ground to help Californians cope with wildfire, drought, climate adaptation and economic development among other issues.”

Twenty UC Cooperative Extension positions have been designated as critically urgent to fill. To avoid overwhelming UC ANR's Human Resources staff, the other 10 positions of the 20 will be released in late September as they ramp up hiring for future recruitment.

“We look forward to releasing additional positions for recruitment – both academic and program support members – throughout the next several months,” said Humiston. 

“We are extremely grateful to Governor Newsom, the Legislature and especially Senator John Laird, who championed the budget increase, and look forward to working with our community partners to leverage these resources.”

UC ANR releases 6 UCCE advisor positions for recruitment

Six University of California Cooperative Extension advisor positions have been released for recruitment by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources. Glenda Humiston, UC vice president for agriculture and natural resources, is thrilled to resume strengthening the UC ANR network to address California's current and emerging needs. Due to UC ANR's budget constraints, recruitment for positions identified in the 2018 Position Call had been on hold since July.

The new positions include:

• production horticulture advisor, San Diego County
• agronomy area advisor, Merced County
• livestock and natural resources advisor, Siskiyou County
• nutrition, family and consumer sciences area advisor, San Mateo-San Francisco counties
• vegetable crops and small farms advisor, Riverside County
• pomology and water/soils area advisor, Kings County

“These were difficult decisions to make because while we need the above positions, there are many more needs for both UC Cooperative Extension specialist and advisor positions that continue to wait for additional funding,” Humiston said. “Additionally, while we have grown the UCCE specialist numbers over the last several years, the number of UCCE advisors in the field has steadily declined. For this reason, we are focusing on recruitment of UCCE advisors at this time.”

The farming community lauded adding more county-based UCCE advisors to conduct research and work with farms of all sizes to improve water efficiency, soil health and many other issues. 

“Farm advisors represent a vital link from University of California research sites to the state's fields and pastures,” California Farm Bureau Federation President Jamie Johansson said, “and filling these positions will help address a statewide shortage of advisors.

“Knowledge shared by farm advisors through the decades has helped California reach and retain its position as the nation's top producer of high-quality food and agricultural products, and we need to keep that resource alive.”

In January, UC ANR's Human Resources unit will begin recruitment planning for the newly released UCCE advisor positions, which will be posted at https://ucanr.edu/About/Jobs.

Currently they are working on recruitment for the following positions from previous calls:

• viticulture advisor for Kern County
• climate & agriculture project scientist
• human-wildlife conflict advisor for the San Mateo/San Francisco Bay Area
• 4-H STEM academic coordinator
• small farms and specialty crops assistant specialist for Fresno County

“I hope to release five or six more UCCE positions in the spring/summer,” Humiston said. “This is possible, in part, due to the advance notice provided by individuals planning to retire June 2020. In addition, we will complete recruitment of other academic positions currently advertised, including those that are funded through partnerships.”

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